February 12th

It was overcast and calm this morning as we first birded at Reculver and then drove over to Shuart. Birds we saw included 5 Goldfinches, 3 Green Sandpipers, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Song Thrushes, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Moorhens, 1 Great Crested Grebes, 11 Mallard, 8 Coot, 1 Redshank, 1 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, 84 Chaffinches, 2 Redwings, 21 Yellowhammers, 4 Reed Buntings, 1 first winter Bewick's Swan, 15 Mute Swans, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck and 22 Teal.